A new, national study finds that in the last two years, more than one out of every four people who share their homes with an animal — 28% — had difficulty getting needed veterinary care because of its high cost. This not only impacted the quality of life (and in cases where they could not afford emergency care, the actual life) of the animal, it also negatively impacted the emotional health of the people. It…
A new analysis in the journal Biological Conservation calls for reform. To many environmentalists, animals are judged worthy of activism on their behalf in relation to how useful they are to humans or how many members of their species exist. There is no objection to taking the lives of animals such as crows, raccoons, or rats; species that are plentiful or have no material value to humans. Yet if there are limited numbers of a…
Shining a light on Snopes.com’s lack of objectivity and due diligence when it comes to PETA. Snopes.com claims as its mission truth-seeking, writing that it “lights the way to evidence-based and contextualized analysis.” But when it comes to PETA, it has utterly failed in that regard. Recently, it claimed to do such “evidence-based and contextualized analysis” regarding the authenticity of a postcard Ingrid Newkirk, PETA’s founder and the architect of their mass killing and…
“A BBC documentary crew in Antarctica abandoned their ‘no interference’ rule to save a group of baby penguins.” The baby penguins “got trapped inside an icy ravine” and would have otherwise died. They are now OK. This should be the rule, not the exception. In the past, the crew filmed the death of a baby elephant even though it was in their power to help. Defending such a policy because it is supposedly “natural,” or…
One of the healthy puppies killed by PETA, after PETA staff promised they would find a home. For more than two decades, I have been working to expose the grisly truth about PETA: that far from being a voice for the rights of animals as is commonly believed, employees at PETA headquarters in Norfolk, VA commit daily violence against them, injecting thousands of healthy puppies, kittens, dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens, and other animals every year…
Warning: Graphic photos. I am so sorry about posting these photos of animals burned in the Camp fire here in Northern California; I truly am. But PG&E must be held accountable. Over 60 people are dead, hundreds are missing, thousands evacuated, tens of thousands of lives destroyed. And that doesn’t include the multitudes of animals who have suffered, been burned, lost their homes, and lost their lives. Although the official cause of the fire…
Animal Rights Philosophy in the Age of Social Media Clickbait (by Nathan & Jennifer Winograd) Are avocados, apples, and almonds vegan? What about coconut-based, non-dairy cheeses or butters made with palm oil? To some, these may seem like odd questions with a self-evident answer: Yes. After all, almonds, apples, avocados, palm fruit, and coconuts all come from plants. But for those who embrace veganism for ethical reasons, like we do, the answer has to…
Californians are voting on several initiatives, one of which is Proposition 12. Prop. 12 “would ban the sale of meat in California from calves raised for veal or breeding pigs unless the farms that raise them — both in the state and in other states — meet minimum standards for pen size. It also would ban the sale of eggs from hens that are kept in cages that don’t meet minimum standards.” If you live…
Today is the anniversary of PETA’s taking of Maya from her home and her illegal killing just a few hours later. On October 18, 2014, two PETA representatives backed their van up to the porch and threw biscuits to Maya, who was sitting on her porch, trying to coax her off the property and give PETA the ability to impound her as a stray dog “at large.” In Virginia, PETA is licensed as an “animal…
“Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle:” I oppose Ingrid Newkirk because under her direction, PETA employees seek out and either kill or cause to be killed thousands of animals every year, including healthy puppies and kittens. This is not only immoral, it is cruel. I oppose Donald Trump & Co. because not only are his policies cruel to his family and to other people,…